Saturday, March 24, 2012

Opium bowl rack and ten Opium bows


Opium bowl rack and ten Opium bows. These bowls are from the chinese merchants as they could not be afforded by the chinese coolies.

Hong Men membership tokens

These are Hong Men membership tokens. These are carried by Secret Society members. 

Asian civilisation museum

The asian civilisation museum open its doors in 1997 to promote asian culture and heritage to the people visiting it. It features exhibitions on Asian cultures like the Java, Chinese and Indian. They also have an exhibition which focuses on the Singapore River showing how it has changed and also how its purpose has changed
Coleman Bridge

Coleman bridge taken from the bank of Singapore river



The coleman bridge was built in 1840 of brick but after several years it was demolished to build a timber bridge which was also later destroyed and replaced with a iron bridge. But the iron could not support the traffic traveling across it and was torn down and in 1990 the current concrete bridge was built. The bridge was named after named after George Drumgoole Coleman (1795–1844), an Irish architect and Singapore's first architect.

Anderson Bridge

Anderson bridge in the background taken from Cavernagh Bridge

Anderson Bridge


Anderson bridge was open in 1910 and was name after Sir John Anderson high commissioner for the federated malay states. Its was built for vehicles to connect the the two sides of the Singapore river to replace  the overloaded Cavenagh Bridge.

Map of Singapore river and route to take

The route starts of at the Clarke Quay MRT and ends at Asian Civilisation Museum. Along the route u will see Coleman bridge and Anderson bridge. Walk out of the station and head towards the Singapore River. Once there turn right and follow the river you will reach Coleman bridge. Continue walking down the river and you will see the Elgin bridge and the Anderson bridge after. Near the Anderson bridge you will be able to see the asian civilisation museum.